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OMAE 2019 Conference Proves a Success for TWI

Thu, 20 June, 2019

Six TWI staff and one NSIRC PhD student attended the 38th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering (OMAE) at the Scottish Event Campus, Glasgow.

The conference, which took place between 9-14 June, 2019, brought together representatives from industry, academia and government, including researchers, engineers, managers, technicians and students from the world’s scientific and industrial communities.

OMAE 2019 provided an opportunity for attendees to network and present on advances in technology and scientific support. Hosted by the Department of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Marine Engineering at the University of Strathclyde, the conference sought to promote international cooperation in ocean, offshore and arctic engineering.

TWI was strongly involved in the conference, hosting a series of sessions in the Materials Technology Symposium and presenting eight technical papers during the event.

TWI’s Fatigue Integrity Management Project Leader, Carol Johnston chaired and co-chaired several of the Materials Technology sessions, while Fatigue Integrity Management Consultant Yanhui Zhang also led some sessions. Elsewhere, TWI Technology Fellow, Isabel Hadley led two sessions on the developments in BS 7910 and other fitness-for-service procedures.

Isabel Hadley’s sessions on the upcoming revision of the BS 7910 document were the best-attended of the Materials Technology Symposium across the four-day conference, while TWI chaired or co-chaired over half of the Materials Technology sessions across the week. 

As well as leading sessions, TWI staff were on hand to present papers at the conference, including Materials Performance and Ferrous Alloys R&D Manager, Philippa Moore, who presented her own work as well as that of Stainless Steels and Non-Ferrous Alloys Section Manager, Kasra Sotoudeh. The presentations included work completed by PhD students currently working at TWI.  Student, Jessica Taylor took the opportunity to present on her work, while other presentations were made by Principal Project Leader Guiyi Wu, Isabel Hadley, Yanhui Zhang and Carol Johnston. Each presentation was followed by a question and answer session, which provided a good opportunity to explore the topics further.

When they weren’t presenting papers of chairing sessions, there was also ample opportunity to network with new and existing contacts from across industry, including at the conference banquet, which was followed by a Cèilidh.

The weekend before OMAE 2019 also saw a special outreach event for those who are in the early stages of their careers. Mainly attended by PhD students, Jessica Taylor revealed that this provided a great opportunity to meet others, including representatives from industry.

In amongst all of this, TWI also had an exhibition stand at the event, which was overseen by TWI’s Oil, Gas and Petrochemicals Programme Manager, Caroline Young. The stand provided a focal point for people to come and find out more about the work of TWI during the conference.

Below is a complete list of the sessions chaired and co-chaired by TWI staff as well as the papers that were presented by TWI during the event:

 

Papers Presented:

Tuesday 11th June -

Philippa Moore: ‘Influence of Microstructural Variation in Thick Section Steels on the Characterisation of Fracture Toughness using Sub-size Specimens’ (OMAE2019-96010).

Jessica Taylor: ‘Correlation between Steel Microstructural Characteristics and the Initiation and Arrest Toughness Determined from Small-scale Mechanical Testing’ (OMAE2019-95290).

Wednesday 12th June

Philippa Moore (on behalf of Kasra Sotoudeh): ‘Small-scale HISC Testing of a Superduplex Stainless Steel Welded Joint: The Impact and Interaction of Testing and Residual Stresses’ (OMAE2019-95053).

Isabel Hadley: ‘A Brief Guide to BS 7910’ (OMAE2019-96619).

Guiyi Wu: ‘Residual Stresses in Girth Welds: Seeing Measurement Data Differently’ (OMAE2019-96622).

Isabel Hadley: ‘Optimising Fracture Assessment of Welded Structures using BS 7910, R6 and FEA’ (OMAE2019-95934).

Thursday 13th June -

Carol Johnston: ‘Review of the In-air Fatigue Behaviour of CRA Clad and Lined Pipe’ (OMAE2019-96233).

Yanhui Zhang: ‘Fatigue Performance of High Strength and Large Diameter Mooring Chain in Seawater’ (OMAE2019-95984)

 

Sessions Chaired:

Monday 10th June –

Yanhui Zhang (co-chair): Materials Technology session, ‘Advances in Materials Characterisation.’

Tuesday 11th June

Carol Johnston (co-chair): Materials Technology session, ‘Steel Performance in Sour Environment.’

Carol Johnston (chair): Materials Technology session, ‘Advances on Assessing Performance of Steel.’

Wednesday 12th June

Yanhui Zhang (chair): Materials Technology session, ‘Fatigue Improvement and Repairs.’

Isabel Hadley (co-chair): Materials Technology session, ‘Developments in BS 7910 and other Fitness-for-service Procedures: Session 1.’

Isabel Hadley (chair): Materials Technology session, ‘Developments in BS 7910 and other Fitness-for-service Procedures: Session 2.’

Thursday 13th June

Carol Johnston (chair): Materials Technology session, ‘Fatigue Assessment and Improvement.’

Carol Johnston (co-chair): Materials Technology session, ‘Analysis and Fatigue Performance of Tubular Joints (John Sharp Honorary Session).’

TWI Staff at OMAE 2019 (L-R): Guiyi Wu, Isabel Hadley, Yanhui Zhang, Caroline Young, Philippa Moore, Carol Johnston
TWI Staff at OMAE 2019 (L-R): Guiyi Wu, Isabel Hadley, Yanhui Zhang, Caroline Young, Philippa Moore, Carol Johnston

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